Insect-destroyer.



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lo. mm oNs-eo'osi'is so m, i may concern f 1 owe lie l, Miss il. Comines, oeisiseii of "alie 'Uniied Sintes, residing si '."Elsstlen, 'in the county of Eosiaiifli eiiil Siete Texas, lieve inveiiecl cersin 4new omi ose l 'improvements in. ,lessee-Elle# i. which lie following is e speeiiu "i s which is lie subies?, el the i; on is rlesigieel for :iimigstlier plants io flesiroy ilie e sruel carrying e iur eilig; smoke en@ meses for blowing me smoke omge lie plaines.

The Dinvenioii also lies for its object ie provide e. :novel :mii improvesmole-eonveyez' pipe which is eeifostelile so liet aline o plants of fliiierei lieighis may lie reached.

@ther objeos simi evenegges of he in vemion will oe pointe@ oui: in iletaileo Idescription appearing hereinafter:

In order limi lie invention mi be bett-er understood, reference is liefl to the eccompzmying drawings 'forming a. part of liis specification in Whieli drawings, Figure 1 is e side elevation of elle appsi'niis; Fig. 2 is e. plan view `liereoi; 1Figs. 3 ari o sections on lie lines 3-3 and 1 -fl, respeo tively of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically io the drawings, slee apparatus is moimeii on a triiel, ofivliieh consists of longitudinal sile liars 10 eonneeienl by from, :incl rear cross-liars il and 12, respectively, and an intermesliate cross-liar 13. The frame is mountefl es its forward end, on tivo wheels 14, incl io said envol are attached shafts 15 for lie lrefi o animal. The rear enel of the freine is supported on a single wheel 16.

The trueloframe carries et its rear end e, smoke-generator comprising o fire-box 17 containing s grate 18, and provided 'with a. 'smoke outlet '19 which is Conil-oiled by e demper 20. The fire-box has e second smoke outlet 21 lo which is connected e flexible tube 22 which extends downward and is coupled to e pipe 23 extenrling across `lle rear end of elio truck-frame, and supported iii bearings 24 carried by 4elle rear ends of the side-bars 10, seid pipe being free to iure or rockin ssicl bearings, for e purpose to be presently described. To each inseeis v e simple ille seme e Speoicaaies of Fietsers- Easiest.

erifl of lle pi'ie isoorineoieclloy means of se elbow 25, e. reerwerflly exiendiog pipe 26 iiieii "with e, fliselierge nozzle 27 et iis enfer enel. @me of the sidebo'rs 10 carries e lieiulever 28 which" is connected loy n 29' to a rocker erm 30er; the 'oipe 23, wllereby. lie leiermey oe roelzel in iis bearings 24. .lil/hen the pipe 23 is rocked, lie pipes 26 swing in 'vertical piene enel the nozzles 2?' ere therefore adjusiecl vertically :recording fo the-height of lie plonis io be iree'ed. i

The iop of the ireeox 1'? is hinged as indicated :i5: 31 so ilia it may lee swung open for ille introeiueion of fuel, enel below ille grate 18 is :iii ssii-door 3Q. A Netw drei'i: is lilies eepeble of being created iirougli ille furnace by meens'o the eloor 32 and ille oliilet pipe 19, this (ire-.fin being regizleied by lie valve 2G xvii-lilo lelie outlet pipe. Thus i: will be seen liei; elle furnace lies wo (lrnis, one above lie Ere eliioli csrries ofi the fumes to the outlet pipe, and lie olier rliroiigli tire re io :iid in lie oomliustioii of lie fuelnnd the fumigating :maerisls. By this ineens it is possible tqgegw late the mixture of the gases onelir so as eo molte iimigfiting gas stronger or weaker at will. The truck-iframe also carries e fai/i blower 33, lo die outle'l; of 'which is connectefl e pipe Sii Wliieli flielmrges ieio i'zhe `firel'mx 17, above the grabe 18. ln lie pipe is a valve 35 for controlling she lolzisib.

The fair is driven from .one of the wheels 14 lirougl'i the following gearing: @n alle forward encl of the truolofrzime are bearings 36 in which is journaled a shaft 37 which extencls transversely of the fruoiefrmiim and' is driven from one of ille wheels-111 by a suieble sproeli'et-ancl-elmin gearing' 38. The shaft of the fan blower 33 is driven from the shaft by a. sproeket-and-cliein geering 39. y

ln orfleriliat the apparatus may also loe employed for spraying the plants, there is mouned on each sirle of the truck-frame, et tlie front thereof, e. spray-pump 4@ Alie plunger 41 of Wliieh is operatively comme ed e0 tlie shaft 3? and driven tliereli.. The poom-cylinder exends vertically miel on ille side thereof is mounted e reservoir for size insecticide, seid reservoir having en outlet into the pump-cylinder, which outlet is provided with :i eheolovalve 43. @n *elle bottom of 'the ump-cylinder is an outlet nozzle '44 provi ed with a suitable controlt ling valve 45.

In operation', the fire-boi; 17 beingy charged I 'with a. suitable smoke reducing fuel, the

tlie field, whereu onv truckis driven across the fan blows the smoke :from the fire 0X through thel outlet 21 and into the'pipe 23, which latter conducts the smoke into the 1o pipes 2 6. The 'pipe 23 having been adjusted to place the nozzles 27v in pro er position with respect to the plants, the smo e is discharged through the-nozzles 27 onto the plants, there-` 'by destroying all insect l,life thereon.' Two "15b rows of `plants areoperated on simultaneously. .I the plants t0 be sprayed also, the pumps 40 arqthrown into operation. v

' Ina fumigator ofthe -class described, a

20 generator comprising a casing provided with 'inlet ,opening whereby a stream of air will be directed ,diametrically across the material on the grate, said casing being further provided with an inlet opening beneath said grate, and a damper-controlled opening ex-` tendin from the top ofthe casin whereby natura draft may be effected an the mixtureof air and gases regulated.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES LICURGIS COLDIRON.

Witnesses:

'T. L. OVERBEY,

T. E. DAY. 

